Coin-operated mechanism for vending-machines.



L. HORINKO. COIN OPERATED MECHANISM FOR VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1910.

986,985. v Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

ATTORNEYS LEONARD HORINKO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COIN-OPERATED MECHANISM FOR VENDING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application filed July 18, 1910. Serial No. 572,462.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD HoRINKo, a

sub j ect of the Czar of Russia, and a resident means whereby coinsintroduced within themachine carelessly or with unintentional violencewill be laced in operative position without loss and withoutdisarrangement of the selecting mechanism; to provide a coin selectivemechanism the operation whereof eliminates coins of smaller size and oflesser weight than the coin designed for the operation of the vendingmechanism of the machine; to provide a coin selectin weight balancedmechanism having means or varying the balancing weight; to provide meansfor preventing'the accidental deposit of coins of lighter weight than.the selected coin, passing to the lock releasing mechanism of themachine; and to simplify and economize the construction.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in providing avertically disposed receiving sectionfor the coin chute, the outer edgewhereof is provided with a coin sized slot, and the opposite or inneredge whereof is opened within operating radius of the said slot to avoidany retaining projections in the section adjacent the inner edge wherebyany obstructive material, such as cardboard, pieces of wire or lead,maliciously inserted within the coin slot are crowded through thevertical section instead of remaining therein to possibly clog the same.

It further consists in providin a runway or shelf adjacent the saidvertica chute section below the slot formed therein extended above thecoin operated mechanism disposed below and in line with the slot openingwhereby the obstructive articles above referred to are prevented frominterfering with the said mechanism. It is to provide for the return ofcoins carelessly or violently introduced through the coin slot and whichmight avoid the coin operated mechanism by reason of the opening in thereceiving chute section, that I have inclined the protective shelf abovereferred to and formed the same so that the coin precipitated throughthe slot would be received on the said shelf and delivered back to thereceiving chute to be thereby finally selected and deposited inoperativeposition.

It further consists in separating the coin chute to form three sections,one a coin receiving section, another a latch containing section and thethird a weight 0 erated switch'section to transfer the coins o properdenomination to the latch section of the chute, also to deliver coins ofimproper denomination to the purchaser.

It further consists in forming a buffer -member so related to the switchsection that the coins of improper denomination are guided to the switchdelivery chute and away'from the said latch-chute.

It further consists in the'construction and arrangement on thejswitchsection of an adjustable balancing weight.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a magazine .tube of a vendin machine, havingmounted thereon a com operating mechanism constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view, on anenlarged scale, of the balancing switch section; and Fig. 3 is avertical cross section taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

In a separate application filed A ril 28, 1910, bearing Serial No.558,280, or improvements in vending machines, there is described andshown a vending mechanism adapted to be controlled and operated by thecoin for the receipt and guidance of which the present invention ismade. Cross reference is here made to the said application.

. In the application to which cross reference is made, there is shown aser es of magazines for containing the articles being vended. On oneside of each of the magazines designated in .the accompanying drawingsby the numeral 5, are fixedly attaehed the sections 34 and 34 of the comchute. .Interposed between the sections 34 and "34 is abalanced switchm'ember- 35. The switch member 35 is pivotally mounted at 35* upon theside of the magazine 5, and

The switch member is normally over-bal-' anced by the weight portion 35The switch member is held in normal receiving position by the stop pin40 being pressed.

against the same by the over-balancing weight 35*. The lower chutesection 35' is normally registered with the chute section 36 leadinginto the vertical discharge chute section 36. j

The chute sections 35 and 35 of .the switch member 35 communicate eachwith the other, the lowerwall 35 being cut away at the forward endthereof. The end of the upper chute section35 is partially closed by thewall 35. Between the lower edge'of the wall 35 and,the forward edge ofthe wall 35 the proper coin may pass. The wall 35, however, serves tocheck the flight of the coin. During the period after the coin haspassed the pivot 35 the weight of thesaid coin nptilts the switch memberto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, inwhich position it is held by the stop pin-40 Inthis manner the coin Are-- ceived through the coin slot provided in the front-edge of thevertical chute section 34 is delivered to the chute section 34, intowhich is projected the end of the latch 42 whereby the discharge carrier21 of the vending mechanism is released, the weight of the coin restingon the latch 42 serving to lift the locking end. of the said latch, asdisclosed in the application above referred to. In this position of theswitch member it will be observed that both the upper chute section35and the lower chute section 35 are inclined to deliver into the uppersection 41 of the delivery chute section 34. Itis obvious that should acoin of smaller diameter gain admission to the chute section 35, whichwould fail to tilt the switch member, the same would, if not interferedwith, pass under the wall 35 through a path which would deliver thesameinto the chute 34. It is to avoid this that I have placed the buffermember 39-, covering the end of the chute section 35 when the same is inthe normal position, and having the 'end 39 extended across the path ofthe said small coin. The result of this interposition is that the coinstriking the resilient finger 39 caroms thereon into the chute section35 to be delivered thence to the chute section 36, andby way of thechute 36 is discharged to the delivery tray of the machine, shown in theabove'mentioned application. I prefer the resilient finger 39. It will,however, be recognized that I may use a rigid finger.

It is to adapt the machine for employment with coins of various weights,and to correct the balance of each of the switch members, that I haveprovided the adjustable corrective weight member. The coring a coinchute and a tiltin rective weight member is secured fixedly in adjustedposition upon the switch by means of a set screw 35. The said weightmember is guided in a slot 35 The vertical chute section 34 is rovidedwith an extension 34, upon which is fixedly mounted the channeled shelf37. The section 34 is provided in the front or outer edge thereof with aslot. the opening whereof is determined by the diameter of the coin forwhich the mechanism. is constructed. The rear or inner edge of the chutesection is freely open. The shelf 37 is inclined from the chute section34 upwardly. The lower and front end of the shelf 37 is below the slotfor the coin A. Due to the construction and arrangement, when,'asoften'happens, cardboard or strips of lead are inserted in the coin slotwith the malicious intent to block the channel of the chute 34, the saidcardboard or lead strip is received upon the shelf 37 and guided therebybackward and away from the slot and chute section 34". A further purposeof the shelf 37 is to prevent articles of the character mentioned beingprecipitated upon the switch member 35. By inclining the shelf 37 in themanner shown and described, a further object is conserved in that thecoin, if slipped through the slot in the section 34, instead ofbeing-lost is received upon the shelf 37 and returned by said shelf andredeposited in the section 34, passing therefrom to the inclined portionthereof and thence to the switch member 35 and delivery chute section34. I

The chute section 34 is provided with eliminating-devices, whereby coinsor articles of small size are prevented from gaining access to theswitch member 35. a The devices consist in the slot 34 formed in theinclined section of the chute section 34. The inclined section isslightly side tilted so that the coin is thrown ofi balance to restagainst the upper rail of the chute adjacent the said slot 34". Afurther device consists in the introduction in the lower edge of theinclined section of the chute 34 of a slot 38 opening into the chute 36.The slot 38 is formed to a size which willnot pass the coin of adenomination for the operation of which this machineis devised.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A coin operated mechanism, compriscoin chute having an upper branchthroug which are adapted to pass and be discharged at an opsections, theone to receive the coin and the other to guide the coin into operativerela tion with a correlated mechanism; a switch member pivotally mountedbetween. the said chute sections and having divergent superposedinclined chute sections, the upper section to receive the proper coinsfrom said receiving chute section .to deliver the same within saiddelivery chute section, and the lower section to deliver the impropercoins away from said delivery chute section; and a balancing weightadjustably mounted on said switch member to counter-balance the weightof said improper coins and to be lifted by said proper coins.

3. A coin operated mechanism, comprising a coin chute having twoseparated chute sections, the'ofi to receive the coin and the other toguide the coin into operative relation with a correlated mechanism; aswitch member pivotally mounted between the said chute sections andhaving divergent superposed inclined chute sections, the upper sectionto receive the roper coins from said receiving chute section to deliverthe same within said delivery chute section, and the lower section todeliver the improper coins away from said delivery chute section; and abuffer member disposed between the delivery end of the upper chute ofsaid switch member andsaid delivery chute section, said bufi'er beingdisposed to interfere with. said improper coins to deflect them into thesaid lower chute of said switch member.

4. A- coin operated'mechanism, comprising a coin chute having twoseparated chute sections, the one to receive the coin and the other toguide the coin into operative relation with a correlated mechanlsm; aswitch member pivotally mounted between the said chute sections andhaving divergent super posed inclined chute sections, the upper sectionto receive the proper coins from said receiving chute section to deliverthe same within said delivery chute section, and the lower section todeliver the improper coins away from said delivery chute section; anarresting wall disposed at the end of the upper chute of said switchmember arranged to impinge upon and arrest proper coins onl and to passimproper coins; and a butler member disposed adjacent to said arrestingwall to receive in flight the improper coin as same leaves the upper.chute of said switch member to deflect the same to the lower chute ofsaid switch member.

5. A coin operated mechanism, comprising a coin chute having twoseparated chute sections, the one to receive the coin and the other toguide the coin into operative relation with a correlated mechanism; aswitch member pivotally mounted between the said chute sections andhaving divergent superposed inclined chute sections; the upper sectionto receive the proper coins from said receiving chute section to deliverthe same within said deliver chute section, and the lower section to deiver, the improper coins away from said delivery chute section; anarresting wall-disposed at the end of the upper chute of said switchmember arranged to impinge upon and arrest proper coins only and to passimproper coins; and a resilient bufier member disposed adjacent to saidar resting wall to receive in flight the improper coin as same leavesthe upper chuteof said switch member to deflect the same to the lowerchute member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD HORINKO.

Witnesses:

W. W. H0111, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

of said switch v

